Charizard counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Charizard
#0006 Charizard
FireFlying
USAGE 1.7% #65
ABILITYBlaze
BASE STATS
HP 78
ATK 84
DEF 78
SPA 109
SPD 85
SPE 100
BST534
TYPE MATCHUPS
4×
Rock
2×
WaterElectric
½×
FireFightingSteelFairy
¼×
GrassBug
0×
Ground
Moves
Roost 97.5% Defog 97.3% Overheat 96.3% Will-O-Wisp 57.2% Scorching Sands 38.2% Flamethrower 3.5% Roar 2.8% Air Slash 1.5%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 98.0% Choice Scarf 0.9% Sitrus Berry 0.8% Choice Specs 0.2% Salac Berry 0.1% Charcoal 0.0% Life Orb 0.0% nothing 0.0%
Abilities
Blaze98.6%Solar Power1.4%
Common Teammates
Slowbro95.3%Tyranitar93.8%Dragalge-Mega82.8%Clefable66.2%Scizor48.6%Excadrill40.5%Sylveon10.1%Excadrill-Mega7.4%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #65 with 1.70% usage. Sorted by reliability score.